Random, questions.

[urbpan]

Any requests? I mean, just in general.

I saw a soft-winged flower beetle, but it flew away before I could get a picture.

Someone misindentified a mushroom on yahoo answers, so I created an account so that I could email the OP and let them know about the mistake.

What kind of mushroom kit should I get?

I'm taking Charlie to the River (just to swim, not to kill him like in a blues song) so when I get back hopefully I'll have succeeded in honoring your request.

i think Twitter has affected my blogging style.

I'm @jefctaylor, which looks like I'm saying I'm "at myself."

I'm planning a "Year of the Tiger Rock Band Game" event. Wanna come?

Comments

[m0053.livejournal.com]

The Reishi Mushroom Patch! Since it's going to be summer! I was thinking about getting one as well, to grow in a terrarium, maybe. COOL STUFF.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I like that one too, it's so pretty! The only problem is you can't eat 'em (you can grind them into tea, but that ain't happening.)

[m0053.livejournal.com]

You don't like tea, or are you hankering for some 'shroom eggies? XD

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Too much work for a final product that (I assume) will taste like ass.

[m0053.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Yeah, they do say 'most people like' it.

[shadowofadoubt.livejournal.com]

I think you still owe me a photo the bowling thing. All of you together in a pile.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah! Me and Alexis and the dogs?

[shadowofadoubt.livejournal.com]

Yes! Whole family!

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

i was JUST thinking of that. i want to do it outside!!

[harebell.livejournal.com]

We tried the blue foot outdoor patch a few years ago, but nothing happened. Pretty sure it was user error. Last year we inoculated a bunch of logs with chicken of the woods, maitake, and lions mane. The chicken of the woods' log was full of a pink/orange mycelia within a couple months, and I'm sure it will fruit this year.
We've had several indoor patches(from a different company) that were pretty prolific. You might want to consider a mushroom that dries well... you will get sick of eating them fresh!

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

as far as kits...

mushroom collecting kits...

i've been amused at the variety of mushrooming knives that they have in europe.

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[peppergrass.livejournal.com]

How timely, I was just telling Ken that we ought to figure out a way to grow mushrooms in the cellar space of our new house. I like the shitakes, but some of those others look good, too - especially anything you could seed into old tree stumps around the place.

[mmsword.livejournal.com]

I'd go for the Pioppino myself, for the following reasons:

1. Never had them before
2. Haven't seen them to be commercially available.
3. Wild hunting agrocybes is a bit too adventurous for my level of expertise.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I was leaning toward them too for the same reason.